German glassmaker HEINZ-GLAS welcomes Christian Fröba as Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Mr. Fröba will take over the operational lead, supervising as well as optimisation of the glass production and decoration worldwide.

Originally born and living close to the company’s headquarter Mr. Fröba came back to his home region after some years, together with his wife. So far both were living in Switzerland.

Mr. Fröba successfully completed his mechanical engineering studies from 2000 to 2004 and began his professional career as a design engineer at EMHART GLASS SA in Switzerland.
Mr. Fröba was Executive MBA at ESSEC and Mannheim Business School from 2009 to 2010 and worked as a product manager from 2006 to 2009. After successfully completing his MBA, Mr. Fröba held the position of Director After Sales.

Most recently, Mr. Fröba was Senior Director End to End Supply Chain and Project Leader Trade Compliance Implementation at Bucher Emhart Glass SA. In addition, Mr. Fröba has been an advisory board member of the Research Association of the German Glass Industry from 2009 to 2021.

With his well-founded specialist knowledge and experience, especially with regards to highly developed technologies in the field of manufacturing and testing glass containers and automation in this area, Mr. Fröba has the best possible choice for the important role of COO.

HEINZ-GLAS is pleased to welcome Mr. Fröba to their group of companies and wish him every success and, of course, enjoyment in this responsible and important task.